zaratán

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَرَطَان (saraṭān, “crab”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θaɾaˈtan/ [θa.ɾaˈt̪ãn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /saɾaˈtan/ [sa.ɾaˈt̪ãn]
• Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: za‧ra‧tán

Noun

zaratán m (plural zaratanes)

1. (oncology) breast cancer

Further reading

• “zaratán”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10